Coincidentally!My name is Liu Bian

Chapter 89 Liu Bian patrols the wooden house area
Let’s turn the time back first.

It is said that after Liu Bian finished eating, he followed the agreement with Liu Bei, took He Xian and other guards with him, took a carriage, and headed to the "Wooden House Area". He wanted to temporarily take over the duties of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei and supervise the continued construction of houses. .

As soon as he arrived at his destination, Liu Bian was not surprised to see that the busy construction scene in the past seemed to be much deserted. Maybe it was because Liu, Guan, and Zhang were not present?

Of course, maybe it's because there are two thousand less infantry?
In short, Liu Bei was quite cautious, and habitually left more than a thousand infantrymen to patrol the wooden house area in case of conflicts... Fortunately, Liu Bian saw that everyone was working in full swing. Anyway, Liu Bian watched, Quite satisfied.

With great leisure, Liu Bian also walked around the wooden house area thoroughly: last time, he only saw the situation of people building houses and looked around at the furnishings in the house. Now...

Now, he decided to investigate the so-called "eating and drinking Lazarus".

Don’t underestimate these four words: Eating and drinking are relatively easy. Currently, residents in Nanpi County all eat big pot rice, barely meeting the minimum standards of gourmet food. Regarding Lazarus...

Embarrassingly, he walked through the wooden house area three or four times, and he finally reached the "restroom" area - there were "restrooms" every other alley, which was quite convenient... naturally , since that place was not a place that a prince should set foot in, he was naturally persuaded by He Xian and other guards.

Liu Bian tightened his face and decisively refused to observe the toilet at close range. After all, his physiological needs were met, so he... just assumed that the facilities were good and everyone was satisfied.

Furthermore, regarding washing, Liu Bian was even more satisfied: perhaps the flat land was chosen well. Along the way, he could see that the wooden house area was gradually built along a long river, expanding in a fan shape. Therefore, the water source is sufficient, and there is no need to travel a mile or two to get water from the river or other places.

Next, there are wells dug in the courtyards of wooden houses every now and then, which are enough for people to boil water, drink water or take a bath... Although everyone was once in poverty, fortunately, some people should be able to do it, and some should be able to do so, and they should be kept clean regularly, and the overall appearance It's surprisingly surprising.

Summary: Guan Yu and Zhang Fei should be solid generals, but Liu Bei is probably both civil and military? ——The wooden house area built by Liu Bei really has everything you need. There is no need to worry about the wooden houses being just wooden houses and nothing else!

After stroking his palms, Liu Bian became more and more satisfied as he looked at it. He couldn't help but admire Liu Bei's talent.

To be honest, Liu Bei was in charge of the wooden house area, and he did a great job.

In addition, although everyone is a sharecropper, they are versatile: Liu Bian saw that behind the wooden house area was a grassland, which was suitable for grazing... As a result, many areas were fenced to raise sheep.

Why, why not raise horses?

While Liu Bian was surprised, he remembered that raising horses was too luxurious... Cavalry was not easy to train, so it would be more practical to raise sheep.

At least this group of sheep can provide wool and other things. Can we knit sweaters for winter?

Thinking about this, he felt that his idea was quite correct: everyone was from a poor peasant background and had no money to buy cotton-padded clothes. If the Bohai Prince's Mansion provided supplies for free, it would drain the money and make it impossible to buy enough. Winter coat!
and so……

So, I will discuss with you later on whether we should pluck wool and knit sweaters? ——It’s getting cold, so you must prepare in advance!
This is also convenient for setting up textile factories, opening clothing stores, and developing the economy.

Ahem~ He seems to be thinking too much.

He looked around again.

There are many wooden houses in the surrounding area with quite large yards. Some people have even enclosed land to grow vegetables and raise chickens and ducks.

Raise chickens!

Feed the duck! !
It's amazing!Where did everyone get it from? !

No need for Liu Bian to remind him, everyone had already gathered their chickens and ducks automatically... Oh~ No!It lights up the talent for farming. Is this to make it easier to add meals and enrich the food in the future?

Taking a look at the chickens and ducks raised by everyone, Liu Bian saw that chickens and ducks are not considered fat, and they need to be raised for a while.

When Liu Bian stood outside a wooden house and lamented that the chicken or duck was too thin to fit between his teeth, someone on the road laughed out loud, which immediately alerted He Xian and other guards.

Fortunately, the passers-by were very nervous and did not notice Liu Bian's identity. He kept smiling and chuckled: "Who raises chickens and ducks now just to slaughter them? - Didn't you see the chickens and ducks?" Ducks are all female, can they lay eggs every day?”

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Liu Bian stretched his neck and took a closer look... Needless to say, there were really two eggs in an inconspicuous corner!

The sizes and colors are slightly different, and you can tell they are chicken eggs and duck eggs at a glance!
"That's it! Do you want to eat eggs every day?" Liu Bian was stunned, and specially thanked the passerby, "Thank you for your advice, Ben... I have benefited a lot!"

The passer-by waved his hand and walked away without thinking.

Liu Bian walked around. Although his feet hurt, he still walked forward, hoping to gather around the audience to build a large-scale construction project...

correct!

After patting his head, Liu Bian remembered consciously: Powerful!

He hasn't communicated with the powerful people in Nanpi County yet?

Last time, Cao Cao said that a group of Mi Liang were powerful men, and he demoted people to do hard labor without saying a word. He didn't know what happened to the powerful men... Maybe he didn't bear any grudge against him?

He probably didn't hold a grudge against him, otherwise he would have encountered some conspiracy to assassinate him or something.

Liu Bian, who was suddenly imaginative, panicked for a moment and then quickly calmed down.

Next, he heads to the housing construction site.

It was different from before: the sworn brother Liu Guan and Zhang did not appear...but was replaced by an older infantryman.The infantryman actually recognized Liu Bian. He strode up to Liu Bian. After a long distance, he held his hands and said:

"I have seen Your Highness."

"No courtesy." Liu Bian didn't ask how the other party knew him. "What's the current progress?"

The infantryman said: "Report to Your Highness, as usual."

In other words: things are going great right now.

Nodding with satisfaction, Liu Bian said: "You go ahead and take a look around."

The infantryman hesitated for a moment, then finally walked away obediently and continued to perform his personal mission.

Liu Bian had an interesting glimpse. Although the infantryman did not have a whip in his hand, his mouth was merciless. He glared at a group of people and yelled: "What are you doing standing there?! Why don't you move the wood!"

Following the trend, Liu Bian also looked over and fell into silence.

There is no other reason: those people are... the powerful people from Nanpi County in the past? !

Should he be powerful? ——Liu Bian had a chance encounter with the other party!
Swallowing his saliva, Liu Bian wanted to say a few words to the powerful people, but he had no chance——

He was really curious about the powerful people in Nanpi County, but he was really not familiar with them!and……

Moreover, the kilns in Nanpi County seem to be collusion between aristocratic families and powerful people? ——To be honest, he is very dissatisfied that the four kilns in Nanpi County are no longer under his control?It just so happened that the powerful people in Nanpi County were still there, so he could use their connections to persuade those families who were suppressed by him... oh no~ they were suppressed by Cao Cao. Maybe the kilns in Nanpi County would not be here for the time being. Produce ceramics and mass-produce green bricks?
It’s time to issue quotas to the kilns in Nanpi County!

Thinking of this, he immediately said to He Xian: "Did you see those guys? You go and call for this king."

He Xian took the order and left.

When Liu Bian saw it, He Xian didn't mince words, he just told the other party directly, which made everyone who heard it was stunned.

When he was young, He Xian returned, bringing with him a group of former powerful men from Nanpi County.

"Do you know who I am?" Liu Bian was a little curious about who was more direct between him and He Xian. "I heard that you were once powerful men in Nanpi County. You only sold grain at high prices and affected the lives of ordinary people. Have you been demoted to work? Do you want to improve your current life and stop working hard?

very good!It seems you want to, right?
Well, in your own name, contact the major kilns in Nanpi County and say that you want to buy a large amount of green bricks!As long as all the kilns in Nanpi County work hard to make green bricks, I will set you free! !
At that time, wherever you want to go, you can go, and I will never stop you! "

All the former powerful men of Nanpi County who were dressed in rough clothes were shocked.

After a while, an elder with half-white hair responded: "Okay! Just follow your highness!! I will write to you when I get back!"

Oh~ I can’t tell you’re still literate? --Not bad!With crooked eyes, he waved his hand in agreement.

Afterwards, this group of former powerful people from Nanpi County were sent back to their new home in the wooden house early to write letters.

Whether he will go to work again after writing the letter...that's none of his business.

...After sending away the former powerful men of Nanpi County, Liu Bian recruited a group of female tenant farmers on a whim and asked: "Do you raise sheep? - Who raises the sheep behind the wooden house area?"

All the female tenant farmers looked at each other in shock and were speechless.

Liu Bian didn't say much, he just said: "No one considers plucking wool and knitting sweaters?"

"No...no." The female sharecroppers replied weakly.

Liu Bian said coldly and unreasonably: "So, don't you know now? - Do you dare to gather all the women, select wool, knit sweaters, and strive to open a textile workshop?"

"But, we heard that goat's milk is delicious." The female tenant farmers retorted in a low voice.

But Liu Bian ignored him.

Liu Bian announced: "Gather all the women, I will give you an important task!"

After hearing this, all the female tenant farmers cheered and ran away.

Sighing, Liu Bian thought to himself: Is it possible that no one supports it?
For a long time, he thought too much.

"Your Highness!" A woman panted, "Fortunately you didn't leave... Are we too late?"

"It doesn't count, it doesn't count." He turned from worry to joy, "It also takes time to gather people. I understand this."

The woman said: "I have called more than 100 people, but I don't know if they can help..."

"I can help, I can help." He told everyone about his idea of ​​knitting sweaters. "The textile shop has the most money! You just need to recruit people! If you knit sweaters, the price of a sweater is fifteen yuan?—— If you think it’s too expensive or don’t have the money to buy it, how about supporting the debt?”

He won unanimous praise from all female tenant farmers.

...Sending away these female sharecroppers again, he thought for no reason:

Plate the heated Kang!
"what?"

He Xian's question came to his ears.

After blinking, he realized that he blurted out the words without even realizing it.

Embarrassed, he wanted to deny it, but then changed his mind and said: "A fire kang? That means building a bed - both the kang and the bed are sleeping places, and make a rectangular shape with an empty middle... No! Yes! A bed with a flue in the middle is used to burn firewood and allow the heat to travel through the entire bed along the flue, so that the surface of the bed is hot and people don’t have to worry about getting cold while sleeping on it.”

He originally wanted to talk about burning coal, but he hasn't found any coal mines yet.

The biggest problems in winter are food and cold.

No need to worry about food.

If there is a fire kang, the problem of keeping warm can also be solved.

Even if you don’t knit a sweater, is that okay?

He frowned, a little bit thinking that it was unnecessary.

He Xian waited for the guards to look at each other.

Ashamed, ashamed, He Xian waited for the guards...to fail to understand.

However, a guard who cannot help His Highness solve his problems is not a good guard!Therefore, He Xian said: "Your Highness, why don't you summon the craftsmen? Maybe those craftsmen will understand?"

His eyes lit up, he patted his thigh and said, "That makes sense!"

Immediately, he wanted to summon the craftsmen.

Unfortunately, the craftsmen were not in the cabin area.

That meant he had to leave.

Rubbing his forehead, he thought that the fire kang should be done quickly. Before adding the fire kang to the brick house, it would not be a bad idea to let a group of craftsmen practice their skills first?

Afterwards, he and He Xian waited for the guards to return home.

He ordered to mobilize most of the craftsmen and said bluntly: "I want to buy a fire pit for my mansion. Who among you can do it?"

The craftsmen shook their heads, but said with great interest: "Dare you ask Your Highness if you know how to do it?"

"No." He said with a dull look on his face, "But I understand a little bit!

The heated kang is basically composed of three parts: the kang body, the flue and the chimney!
The body of the kang is the bed itself, which is a rectangular shape like an oversized box built on the wall side of the room.

Bed, covered with dry straw or bedding?It’s a place to sleep!
The middle of the kang is hollow, and there must be a flue inside the hollow kang body. Coal is burned inside... ahem~ it is the place where hot smoke passes after firewood. The flue must evenly penetrate the kang body, so that the surface can be heated evenly without causing One side is warm and the other is not, so you don’t have to worry about which side will get burned if the heat is concentrated.

Finally, there is the chimney, the place where the smoke is discharged... Is this the main body of the fire pit?Everyone can light a fire there to heat the bed above, and it will be much warmer in winter.

As for the fire bed.

It is usually built with bricks, stones and soil together!
If you don’t have masonry, dirt will work too!

But you should pay attention to making the soil very solid so that it will not crack when being baked and smoke will not leak out. Then, because you need to sleep, it must be even and flat, so that you will not feel uncomfortable when sleeping, and the heating will be more even.

The paved clay surface should be baked once before it can be used until it is completely dry and free of moisture. At this time, in order to prevent uneven heating, a layer of dry straw should be put on top to absorb water. Finally, it should be placed on a completely dry and flat surface. Spread the hay evenly, then lay down the bedding, and it's ready for use. "

He racked his brains and said, and the craftsmen on the opposite side were also racking their brains to listen.

In the end, everyone stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes, completely confused.

Liu Bian: "..."

This is awkward!
Outrageous! !
(End of this chapter)